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Long thread: There are two main "defences" I see put forward of Labour which crop up:
1) If you don't vote for Labour you'll get Reform
2) It's all the fault of right wing media painting Labour in a bad light.
The thing is that neither of these are actually a defence of what Labour is doing. 1/23
1) If you don't vote for Labour you'll get Reform
2) It's all the fault of right wing media painting Labour in a bad light.
The thing is that neither of these are actually a defence of what Labour is doing. 1/23
September 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Long thread: There are two main "defences" I see put forward of Labour which crop up:
1) If you don't vote for Labour you'll get Reform
2) It's all the fault of right wing media painting Labour in a bad light.
The thing is that neither of these are actually a defence of what Labour is doing. 1/23
1) If you don't vote for Labour you'll get Reform
2) It's all the fault of right wing media painting Labour in a bad light.
The thing is that neither of these are actually a defence of what Labour is doing. 1/23
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I agree with Klein on principle that it's bad for democracy to think of your opponents as evil but… what happens when they're actually evil? What happens when all they do is lie, cheat, steal, abuse and kill, and take your good faith as a sign of weakness? Debate your way out of it?
January 8, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I agree with Klein on principle that it's bad for democracy to think of your opponents as evil but… what happens when they're actually evil? What happens when all they do is lie, cheat, steal, abuse and kill, and take your good faith as a sign of weakness? Debate your way out of it?
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This is precisely the point, BBC. Anyone challenging does not know whether they are challenging someone trans or cis "based on appearance". They just suspect. Based on what? Height? Shoe size? Grooming? Make-up? Clothes?
All women's rights put back decades, by a group of toxic, rich transphobes. 👏🏽
All women's rights put back decades, by a group of toxic, rich transphobes. 👏🏽
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This is precisely the point, BBC. Anyone challenging does not know whether they are challenging someone trans or cis "based on appearance". They just suspect. Based on what? Height? Shoe size? Grooming? Make-up? Clothes?
All women's rights put back decades, by a group of toxic, rich transphobes. 👏🏽
All women's rights put back decades, by a group of toxic, rich transphobes. 👏🏽
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Truly fed up of people saying that the way to prevent a huge drift to the far-right is to keep Labour in govt. Their migration polices ARE far-right populist and make way for worse. Trad politics are done. Lab/Tories are done. The next election will not be fought how we've experienced them to date.
November 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Truly fed up of people saying that the way to prevent a huge drift to the far-right is to keep Labour in govt. Their migration polices ARE far-right populist and make way for worse. Trad politics are done. Lab/Tories are done. The next election will not be fought how we've experienced them to date.
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Mourning those murdered by Hamas isn't incompatible with mourning those murdered by the Israeli state.
Demanding that the hostages return isn't incompatible with naming & demanding an end to genocide.
Naming the power imbalance & impact thereof doesn't desecrate those murdered two years ago today.
Demanding that the hostages return isn't incompatible with naming & demanding an end to genocide.
Naming the power imbalance & impact thereof doesn't desecrate those murdered two years ago today.
October 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Mourning those murdered by Hamas isn't incompatible with mourning those murdered by the Israeli state.
Demanding that the hostages return isn't incompatible with naming & demanding an end to genocide.
Naming the power imbalance & impact thereof doesn't desecrate those murdered two years ago today.
Demanding that the hostages return isn't incompatible with naming & demanding an end to genocide.
Naming the power imbalance & impact thereof doesn't desecrate those murdered two years ago today.
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3. this is not the moment for an incredibly expensive increase in state surveillance infrastructure to be run for profit by private tech firms just before Labour ushers in an (even more) authoritarian right wing government.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
September 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
3. this is not the moment for an incredibly expensive increase in state surveillance infrastructure to be run for profit by private tech firms just before Labour ushers in an (even more) authoritarian right wing government.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
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If scrapping indefinite leave to remain (ILR) entirely, as Reform would do, is racist, according to Labour, what is making ILR twice as difficult, expensive & humiliating to obtain, as Labour are doing?
September 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If scrapping indefinite leave to remain (ILR) entirely, as Reform would do, is racist, according to Labour, what is making ILR twice as difficult, expensive & humiliating to obtain, as Labour are doing?
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I think Jonathan is being too polite: this policy is straightforwardly stupid. Other countries will make attractive offers that encourage hard-working, capable, and interesting people to choose them over us, and the UK will be worse off for it. And for what?
Apart from the unnecessary hardship this will inflict on individuals, this will be bad for integration and social cohesion, bad for the economy, and will increase irregular migration.
[And, as @robfordmancs.bsky.social has shown, it's hugely unpopular and out of step with the British public]
[And, as @robfordmancs.bsky.social has shown, it's hugely unpopular and out of step with the British public]
Mahmood says she will introduce new conditions for indefinite leave to remain:
Lived here 10 years not 5
Being in work
Not taking a penny in benefits
No criminal record
Giving back to community eg volunteering
Lived here 10 years not 5
Being in work
Not taking a penny in benefits
No criminal record
Giving back to community eg volunteering
September 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I think Jonathan is being too polite: this policy is straightforwardly stupid. Other countries will make attractive offers that encourage hard-working, capable, and interesting people to choose them over us, and the UK will be worse off for it. And for what?
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Whilst Starmer, who said Israel has the right to withhold water from Palestinian civilians, hosts its President at Number 10. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Ursula von der Leyen calls for suspension of EU trade with Israel
Commission president cites illegal West Bank settlement plans, Gaza and attempts to ‘undermine two-state solution’
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Whilst Starmer, who said Israel has the right to withhold water from Palestinian civilians, hosts its President at Number 10. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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And if you're wondering whether someone getting killed is what it will take for the media and political class to come to their senses, I would just remind you that Jo Cox was murdered in a similar moment of demagoguery and hysteria 9 years ago, and if anything things have got far worse since then.
People’s homes are being stormed by far-right groups. The govt. Is saying nothing about how violence like this will not be tolerated. Where is Starmer’s “law and order” now? They’ve no control and we are moments away from someone being killed. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Five arrested after masked men try to enter west London asylum hotel
Two anti-asylum groups marched to Crowne Plaza before attempting to enter building at rear, Met police say
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2025 at 9:56 AM
And if you're wondering whether someone getting killed is what it will take for the media and political class to come to their senses, I would just remind you that Jo Cox was murdered in a similar moment of demagoguery and hysteria 9 years ago, and if anything things have got far worse since then.
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People’s homes are being stormed by far-right groups. The govt. Is saying nothing about how violence like this will not be tolerated. Where is Starmer’s “law and order” now? They’ve no control and we are moments away from someone being killed. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Five arrested after masked men try to enter west London asylum hotel
Two anti-asylum groups marched to Crowne Plaza before attempting to enter building at rear, Met police say
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2025 at 6:11 AM
People’s homes are being stormed by far-right groups. The govt. Is saying nothing about how violence like this will not be tolerated. Where is Starmer’s “law and order” now? They’ve no control and we are moments away from someone being killed. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Starmer is simply not the man to respond to this dangerous moment in history.
Labour must get rid of him.
Labour must get rid of him.
August 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Starmer is simply not the man to respond to this dangerous moment in history.
Labour must get rid of him.
Labour must get rid of him.
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I don’t want to be too shrill about this but I think the BBC, ITV and Sky have disgraced themselves in their coverage of the anti-refugee protests. A massive failure of judgement. But now we know the next time a progressive protest “isn’t news” that it’s nothing to do with numbers
August 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I don’t want to be too shrill about this but I think the BBC, ITV and Sky have disgraced themselves in their coverage of the anti-refugee protests. A massive failure of judgement. But now we know the next time a progressive protest “isn’t news” that it’s nothing to do with numbers
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“Tabloids tell us Connolly is lovely, ordinary, caring, a great Mum. But she wasn’t punished for any of that. She was punished for telling a mob it's okay to set fire to hotels full of people she sees as lesser. That she did it between a cuppa and walking the dog, makes it more chilling, not less.”
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💥 Connolly is not a victim of "two-tier" justice - she demands it!
🤖 Is Tech killing Art?
Stonking edition of your favourite pod.
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Sunday School: Tweet and Sour
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 24/08/2025 · 1h
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August 24, 2025 at 6:37 AM
“Tabloids tell us Connolly is lovely, ordinary, caring, a great Mum. But she wasn’t punished for any of that. She was punished for telling a mob it's okay to set fire to hotels full of people she sees as lesser. That she did it between a cuppa and walking the dog, makes it more chilling, not less.”
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The real 'two tier' divide in British politics is between the wife of a Conservative councillor calling for refugees to be burnt alive, being treated as a brave 'political prisoner', and the protestors calling for the end of mass starvation and genocide, being treated as domestic terrorists
'Anywhere But Here': How Britain's Anti-Migrant Media Consensus Is Crowding Out the Truth
Britain's longstanding traditions of tolerance and compassion are being suppressed in favour of a media-driven campaign of anti-migrant hate
www.adambienkov.co.uk
August 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The real 'two tier' divide in British politics is between the wife of a Conservative councillor calling for refugees to be burnt alive, being treated as a brave 'political prisoner', and the protestors calling for the end of mass starvation and genocide, being treated as domestic terrorists
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This is outstanding. God knows what Labour is doing: legitimising the racism that'll be its undoing, losing the coalition which put it in office, trying to secure voters who will never support it, digging its own moral grave.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Politically acceptable UK racism is rising, even under La...
As I wrote these words last autumn: “We have made progress... even though that progress remains fragile and insufficient”, little did I realise just how ...
observer.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
This is outstanding. God knows what Labour is doing: legitimising the racism that'll be its undoing, losing the coalition which put it in office, trying to secure voters who will never support it, digging its own moral grave.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
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The rise of hate and extremism online should have been addressed by government and parliament a year ago in the aftermath of the riots. There is complacency across the political spectrum, and remarkably most MPs remain on X despite the way its owner and algorithm operate. Wake up!
UK MPs voice alarm at rise in online abuse over immigration debate
After further demonstrations at hotels housing asylum seekers, MPs say harassment is worse than during Brexit
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The rise of hate and extremism online should have been addressed by government and parliament a year ago in the aftermath of the riots. There is complacency across the political spectrum, and remarkably most MPs remain on X despite the way its owner and algorithm operate. Wake up!
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You've GOT to be kidding me!
The Conservatives - who oversaw every single thing on this list - are trying to claim that only the Conservatives would "stop the madness" - that they created...?
So incredulity aside, what about the list itself?
Let's go Debunking! 1/34
The Conservatives - who oversaw every single thing on this list - are trying to claim that only the Conservatives would "stop the madness" - that they created...?
So incredulity aside, what about the list itself?
Let's go Debunking! 1/34
August 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
You've GOT to be kidding me!
The Conservatives - who oversaw every single thing on this list - are trying to claim that only the Conservatives would "stop the madness" - that they created...?
So incredulity aside, what about the list itself?
Let's go Debunking! 1/34
The Conservatives - who oversaw every single thing on this list - are trying to claim that only the Conservatives would "stop the madness" - that they created...?
So incredulity aside, what about the list itself?
Let's go Debunking! 1/34
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Arresting 400+ people for the "terrorist" offence of protesting against mass murder while large segments of the right are openly encouraging riots against immigrants is a tale of a very unhappy country and government.
August 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Arresting 400+ people for the "terrorist" offence of protesting against mass murder while large segments of the right are openly encouraging riots against immigrants is a tale of a very unhappy country and government.
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Ireland has had "sELf iD" for 10 years now and not one single issue that the media, government and anti-trans movement predicted has come to pass. Not one.
If it works in Ireland why would it not work here? No one who opposes it can give a good answer, because the real answer is transphobia
If it works in Ireland why would it not work here? No one who opposes it can give a good answer, because the real answer is transphobia
Ten years ago, on this day 15 July, the Irish Oireachtas passed the Gender Recognition Act 2015 (An tAcht um Inscne a Aithint, 2015).
It was a piece of legislation that allowed me to live my life authentically & I'm forever grateful.
Despite what others may have you believe, the sky did not fall in.
It was a piece of legislation that allowed me to live my life authentically & I'm forever grateful.
Despite what others may have you believe, the sky did not fall in.
July 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Ireland has had "sELf iD" for 10 years now and not one single issue that the media, government and anti-trans movement predicted has come to pass. Not one.
If it works in Ireland why would it not work here? No one who opposes it can give a good answer, because the real answer is transphobia
If it works in Ireland why would it not work here? No one who opposes it can give a good answer, because the real answer is transphobia
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The people who are annoyed at LGBT people saying they'd never vote for Gavin Newsome or Kier Starmer are so ridiculous. They accuse us of being the reason why the "center left" is losing whilst actively opposing those trying to hold their guy to account, encouraging them to pursue worse policies
July 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The people who are annoyed at LGBT people saying they'd never vote for Gavin Newsome or Kier Starmer are so ridiculous. They accuse us of being the reason why the "center left" is losing whilst actively opposing those trying to hold their guy to account, encouraging them to pursue worse policies
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Quite apart from everything else, what's noticeable here is that people like Neil Coyle don't want the radical left *in* the Labour Party, but then rage at them for... being outside the Labour Party.
Like, your whole political project is "we don't need these terrible people". Well, prove it.
Like, your whole political project is "we don't need these terrible people". Well, prove it.
July 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Quite apart from everything else, what's noticeable here is that people like Neil Coyle don't want the radical left *in* the Labour Party, but then rage at them for... being outside the Labour Party.
Like, your whole political project is "we don't need these terrible people". Well, prove it.
Like, your whole political project is "we don't need these terrible people". Well, prove it.
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Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
June 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
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I recently heard a high-profile pundit argue that the Trump movement cannot be Fascistic as
-its supporters don't wear uniforms;
-Trump dislikes foreign wars;
-he hasn't tried to amend the Constitution.
It's a dangerously complacent view, that misses the sheer gravity of the current situation. 🧵
-its supporters don't wear uniforms;
-Trump dislikes foreign wars;
-he hasn't tried to amend the Constitution.
It's a dangerously complacent view, that misses the sheer gravity of the current situation. 🧵
June 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I recently heard a high-profile pundit argue that the Trump movement cannot be Fascistic as
-its supporters don't wear uniforms;
-Trump dislikes foreign wars;
-he hasn't tried to amend the Constitution.
It's a dangerously complacent view, that misses the sheer gravity of the current situation. 🧵
-its supporters don't wear uniforms;
-Trump dislikes foreign wars;
-he hasn't tried to amend the Constitution.
It's a dangerously complacent view, that misses the sheer gravity of the current situation. 🧵